Glove.



B. C. GRINNELLl GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6,1916.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

BRAYTON C. GBINNELL, 0F VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 3918.

Application filed June 6, 1916. Serial No. 102,073.

To all whom it may oncern:

Be it known thatl, BRAYTON G. GRIN- NELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Gloves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to an improvement in that form of working glove known as seamless, wherein the seams by which the palm side of the glove is sewn to the back are along the edges of the back of the glove, and my improvements are directed to the manner of cutting the blank of the .palm side whereby the seams are avoided at the ends of the fingers and along the inner side of the thumb, that is, the side adjacent the forefinger and palm.

These seams at the ends of the fingers and on the inner-"side of the thumb are objectionable in that they not only interfere with the ,free movement of the hand in work, but be ing exposed to wear the threads soon cut and the seams rip. j

These defects are avoided in the im roved construction which is comprised in his invention. which construction is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being made to the drawings by which it is accompanied, in which:

Figure 1 is a view of the palm side of a glove having my improvement.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the back.

Figs. 3 and 4 show the profiles of the blanks which form the palm side of the glove, Fig. 3 being that of the body and Fig. 4 that of one of the middle fingers, and

Fig. 5 shows a modification of my improvement at the finger end.

In these drawings 2 represents the palm side of the glove and 3 the back, the blank of the palm portion, see Fig. 3, being with a, border 4 beyond the profile of the hand and fingers of the glove by which the seams 5 which secure the palm portion 2 to the back portion 3 are at the back of the glove, as shown in Fig. 2. No claim is made for this feature of construction as the same is in common use.

In order to avoid the crowded seams at the ends of the fingers, where they are exposed to considerable wear and frequently rip, the blank of the palm portion 2 is cut with a prolongation 6 from each finger end, which produced ends are, when the glove is sewn, bent over the ends of the fingers and sewn to the back portion 3 at scams 7 across the back of each finger. The width of these prolongations 6 is naturally less than the width of the fingers proper in the blank, as they are without the border 4, to the edge of whgch at the end of each finger they are sewn at In the thumb, instead of the back of the thumb being joined to the front by a seam along theinner side of the thumb at 9, that portion of the blank of the palm side of the glove which forms the thumb is cut with a portion 10 adjoining theinner edge 9, which portion is bent around the back of the thumb and sewed at 11 around the end and along the outside of the thumb and at the back along the seam 12, to that portion 13 which forms the lower partof the thumb at the back. The ortion 13 is an insert which is sewn to the back of the glove and to the thumb along the edges and to the part 10 that forms the back of the thumb, as at 12. To strengthen the seam in the extreme angle of the junction of the thumb to the hand, a welt 14 is sewn over the seam and extends from the seam 12 to and across the seam 5 which joins the front 2 to the back 3. This welt 14 strengthens and protects its seam from wear.

The essential features of the invention lie in the produced ends 6 of the fingers being turned over from the front side to the back, rendering the ends of the fingers practically seamless; and in the provision of the thumb portion 10, integral with the palm side of the glove and turned around the inner side of. the thumb to form the back thereof.

These improvements accomplishing the object set forth are attained with but little extra expense in the cost of manufacture as the finger ends and thumb-cut economically into the leather.

Although described and illustrated as ap plied to a working glove of the seamless class. it must be distinctly understood that either one or the other, or both features, may be applied to a glove of any kind and sewn in any manner.

In making a lighter class of glove it may be considered desirable to shorten the length of the turned over portionG of the finger ends, and form the same with a convexly curved edge, as shown in Fig. 5.

A glove so made is not only more comfortable to use, even when made of heavy material, but the seams being avoided at the I linger ends and along theinner side of the thumb and transferred to the back of the fingers and to the outer side of the thumb are not exposed to wear and do not therefore rip, which ripping of the'finger ends and thumb is a well known defect in all gloves and particularly in gloves for heavy work.

the glove along its inner edge and is bent around to form the back of the thumb and seamed to the palm portion around the end and along the outer side of the thumb, said integral back portion terminating short of the back of the glove, and an insert piece located between, the back of the glove and said integral back portion, said insert piece being sewn to the back of the glove and to the edges of the thumb and adjacent edge of said back portion whereby the thumb of the glove will lie at the normal angle to the line of the index finger of the glove.

. 2. A glove, the palm side of which has prolongations beyond the end of each finger, which prolongations are bent over the end of each finger and seamed to the back of the glove at the back a short distance from' the end, and the back portion of the thumb of which is integral with the palm side of the glove along its inner edge and is bent around to form the back of the thumb and seamed to the palm portion around the end and along the outer side of the thumb, said integral back portion terminating short of the back of the glove, and an insert piece located between the back of the glove, and said integral back portion, said insert piece being sewn to the back of the glove and to the edges of the thumb and adjacent edge of said back portion whereby the thumb of the glove willlie at the normal angle to the line of the index finger, and a Welt sewn in the extreme angle of the junction of the thumb to the hand and extending from the hand seam of,said integral back portion to and across the seam which joins the back of the glove to said insert piece.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

BRAYTON G. GRINNELL. 

